The multi award-winning The Metamorphosis used 100 litres of treacle to transform Edward Watson into a giant insect.

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- 4.5 million watched BBC Two's Maestro at the Opera which featured the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, The Royal Opera Chorus, the Jette Parker Young Artists and the Royal Opera House Youth Opera Company working on and performing Act 2 of Puccini’s La bohème.

- 300,000 watched cinema relays of Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet productions in 30 countries around the world. A live screening of La fille mal gardée was the fifth-highest grossing film in the UK on the night of the relay.

- 27,238 The number of people who took part in Education projects. 21,207 people came to the ROH for the first time through targeted schemes for families, schools, students and isolated older people.

- 10s of 1000s Attendees of BP Summer Big Screen relays (despite one of the wettest summers for years!).

- 40% of our audience are under 45.

- 40% of our tickets are £40 and under.

- 30% of our tickets are £30 and under.

How did you interact with us during the 2011/12 season? Did you come to a performance in Covent Garden, attend an Education event in Thurrock or come to a Big Screen relay in Glasgow? Let us know – we’d love to know what you particularly enjoyed.

We recently asked you to vote for your favourite Royal Ballet production of 2011/12 with the added bonus of being entered into a draw to win a pair of Swan Lake tickets. You entered in your hundreds and your comments made for some very interesting reading indeed.

Well done to Sophie Ibbs who won the tickets.

With the formalities over, onto what you picked out as your 2011/12 Royal Ballet season highlights:

Romeo and Juliet stood out in your responses as particularly acclaimed, both on stage and in cinemas and the partnership of Tamara Rojo and Carlos Acosta went down particularly well. Their performance affected Anne Hall who in her comment told us that she "could not speak for an hour after the performance because I was sobbing!". The production was screened in cinemas with six ballet newcomers from A Younger Theatre joining us to livetweet from behind the scenes prior to curtain up. Read their reactions toRomeo and Juliet.

Returning a year after premiering, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland went down a treat with you. Fran Waterhouse told us that the appeal of Christopher Wheeldon's ballet was its "Fun, colour, magical effects and hypnotic orchestration". Beatriz Stix-Brunell made a memorable debut in the title role and has since been promoted to the rank of soloist. Lauren Cuthbertson and Sarah Lamb also both impressed. The ambitious staging caught attention too with audience members such as Francessca Howard left trying to unravel its visual tricks. The ballet returns in 2012/13.

Plenty of you enjoyed our festive offering of The Nutcracker. The Christmas staple was frequently mentioned in the same sentence as "magical" and made for an enjoyable first taster of ballet for some including Sophie Waters who said that she was particularly impressed by the set saying she "can't wait to go to the ballet again". Praise too from Elodie Calligé who said that The Royal Ballet's production was "the most Christmassy" staging of the work. The much-loved ballet returns again from 10 December.

La Fille mal gardée with its famous chickens and clog dances made an impression on you. Frederick Ashton's quintessentially English ballet put a smile on many faces with a "perfect mix of dance, athleticism, cheekiness and a cast that looked like they were having such fun performing it" according to commenter Emma. Many more of you echoed this sentiment. International audiences warmed to its charms too, with cinema relay attendees watching from as far away as Argentina. Read audience reactions to the cinema relay.

Other ballets of note included the recent Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 collaboration with the National Gallery - "unique and inspiring" according to Shah Abdul-Wahid; the Carbon Life/Polyphonia/Sweet Violets triple - "each so different but together they showed off all the company's skills", enthused commenter Benjamin; and Asphodel Meadows which caused Chantal Guevara to delight in its "rich detail", lightheartedly threatening to campaign with placards in Covent Garden until it returns!

2011/12 was both Monica Mason and Principal Tamara Rojo's final season with The Royal Ballet with the programme chosen to reflect Dame Monica's career and personal favourite works. Conal Grealis praised the year's range of productions as "stellar choices" that made choosing a single favourite production difficult. Tamara Rojo returns as a Guest Artist for Marguerite and Armand alongside Sergei Polunin next season giving audiences another chance to see an artist that many of you praised.

The 2011/12 season has been an exciting one for The Royal Ballet. Monica Mason's final season as Director offered a number of new works and old favourites.

To mark the end of The Royal Ballet's season - and encourage you to tell us what you think - we're offering the chance to win a pair of tickets to Swan Lake. All you have to do is tell us which was your favourite production from the 2011/12 season and why. To enter, leave a comment here or tweet us with the hashtag #RoyalBalletReview.

Please note this competition is now closed. Congratulations to Sophie Ibbs who won the tickets.

The productions performed by The Royal Ballet during the 2011/12 season were:

We’ll be running a similar competition for The Royal Opera’s 2011/12 season later in the week. The winner will be drawn at random on Friday 27 July and entry is open to all ages. The prize is two tickets for the performance of Swan Lake on 12 October 2012. Travel and accommodation costs are not included. Entrants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult when attending a Royal Opera House performance. Tickets are non-transferrable, our decision is final and no alternative prize will be offered. We reserve the right to change prizes and/or end the competition at any time.

]]>268Rosie Neavehttp://www.roh.org.uk/?p=59342014-05-19T15:59:02Z2011-09-22T11:13:10ZWith the beginning of the 2011/12 Royal Ballet season, a few changes within the company have taken place.

Promotions

The Royal Ballet’s Akane Takada and Emma Maguire have been promoted to Soloists in the recent Company promotions. Akane Takada, 21 from Japan, joined The Royal Ballet in 2008 as a Prix de Lausanne Dancer and was promoted to First Artist in June 2010. Emma Maguire, 28 from Leeds, joined The Royal Ballet in 2002 and her promotion comes after critically acclaimed performances over the course of last Season.

Joiners

During the 2010/11 Season, Royal Ballet School graduate Francesca Hayward and Fumi Kaneko joined The Royal Ballet as Artists. Joining the Company for the new season are Soloist Alexander Campbell who joins from Birmingham Royal Ballet and Artists Claudia Dean and Tomas Mock (both graduates from The Royal Ballet School) and Meaghan Grace Hinkis from American Ballet Theatre.

Leavers

The Royal Ballet bids farewell to Soloist Bethany Keating, First Artist Vanessa Fenton and Artist James Butcher.